Neck-yoke.



W. KLEINESGHAY.

NECK YOKE.

APPLICATION FILED mm so, 1908.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

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UNITED sTArns PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM KLEINESOHAY, OF ELMORE, WISCONSIN.

NE CK-YOKE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM KLEINE- SGHAY, citizen of the United States, residing at Elmore, in the county of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neck- Yokes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to neck-yokes, and

has for its object to provide a neck-yoke improved with respect to means for cushioning the jolts of the wagon-tongue so as to prevent injury to the necks of horses arising from the swaying of the wagon-tongue incident to the contact of one of the front wheels with obstructions in the road. The neckyoke will also allow some lateral movement of one or both of the horses, so that a horse can avoid holes or obstructions in the road. In heavy hauling, especially, valuable animals are apt to be injured by the constant j olting of their necks incident to the causes mentioned, and the present invention is designed to provide an improved device for avoiding the injury and the inconvenience referred to.

It includes a neck-yoke which has a spring connection to the wagon-tongue, allowing the yoke to move lengthwise to a certain extent.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the yoke; Fig, 2 is an enlarged detail in longitudinal section of the middle part of the yoke. Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3*3 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 1 indicates the ring in which the wagontongue is placed, said ring being connected to cars 2 by links 3. The ears are integral with the sleeve 4, one end of which is provided with a shoulder 5 around an opening 6. The

other end receives a threaded ring 12 screwed i into the same and forming a shoulder at said end.

The wooden portion 13 of an ordinary Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 80, 1908.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Serial No. 441,210.

neck-yoke is provided at the middle with a metal sleeve 7, fastened thereto by pins 8. The sleeve 7 is provided at the middle with an annular shoulder 9, and a spring 10 is located between the shoulders 5 and 9 and another similar spring 11 between the shoulders 9 and 12, the springs being preferably of equal strength.

It is obvious that any sudden sway or jolt of the wagon-tongue in either direction will be greatly eased or cushioned by means of the springs, which will allow movement of the yoke in either direction to a certain extent, with respect to the outer sleeve 4. This action is permitted or effected both when the tongue sways and when the team, or either horse thereof, pulls sidewise, as in turning the vehicle. In other words, lateral motion incident to any cause is cushioned, with the effect that strain or shock on the necks of the horses is relieved. The springs are protected within the outer sleeve, and the device does not detract from the appearance of the vehicle and may consequently be used on hacks and fine carriages as well as on ordinary wagons.

I claim:

1. The combination of a yoke having a shoulder, a sleeve around the same, havlng means for connection to a wagon tongue, and springs held within the sleeves, and bearing against opposite sides of the shoulder.

2. The combination of a yoke having a shoulder, a sleeve around the same, having inner shoulders at opposite ends, one of which is removable, and springs coiled around the yoke within the sleeve and bearing at opposite ends against the shoulders of the sleeve and the yoke, respectively.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM KLEINESCHAY.

Witnesses ULRICH KLEINESOHAY,

GEORGE NEUMAN. 

